Carl Erling

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Bernhard Carl Erling (born June 12, 1857 in Bremen ; † July 3, 1934 in Bremen) was a German businessman and entrepreneur , he was the founder of the Bremen Rolandmühle in 1897 .

biography

Rolandmühle

Erling was the son of the miller and mill builder Johann Erling (1821–1884), whose family immigrated to Bremen from the Netherlands in 1801 . Erling completed a commercial apprenticeship and then took over the mills built by his grandfather Bernhard Erling and his father: the still existing Herdentorsmühle in the Bremer Wallanlagen as a Dutch mill from 1833, the Stephanitor mill as a Dutch mill from 1846 (burned down in 1911) and the steam mill from 1882 on the Tannenstrasse in Vegesack . In 1897 the steam mill burned down.

With growing economic success, windmills were not enough and so in 1897 he founded the Bremen Rolandmühle AG with an initial share capital of 1 million marks to rebuild a large steam mill , which built and operated the Rolandmühle at the factory harbor in the port district . 100 tons of imported wheat were initially processed into flour every day and sold by inland and seagoing vessels. The mill was constantly expanded. Their output could be increased to 800 tons per day by 1925 and the first silo tower was built. In the same year the share capital was 5,015,000 Reichsmarks . Erling set up a pension fund for the company's employees . Until 1928, he served as General Chairman of the company.

Erling was involved in various charitable organizations, including the Red Cross in Bremen and the church council of the Catholic St. John's community . He had the church's memorial chapel built and donated the organ.

His sons Hans Erling (1894–1950) and Carl Erling took over the company.

Honors

  • The Erlingweg in Bremen- Walle was named after Carl Erling.

literature

  • Helmut R. Hoppe: Erling, Bernhard Carl. In: Historical Society Bremen, State Archive Bremen (Ed.): Bremische Biographie 1912–1962. Hauschild, Bremen 1969, p. 139 (column 2) to p. 140 (column 1).
  • Herbert Black Forest : The Great Bremen Lexicon . 2nd, updated, revised and expanded edition. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2003, ISBN 3-86108-693-X .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Handbook of German Stock Companies , 30th edition 1925, Volume 2, page 4207 f.
personal data
SURNAME Erling, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Erling, Bernhard Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German businessman and entrepreneur, founder of the Bremen Rolandmühle
DATE OF BIRTH June 12, 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH Bremen
DATE OF DEATH July 3, 1934
Place of death Bremen